Darius Ishaku, governor of Taraba
state, has alleged that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari is
plotting to stop seven governors, including him, from seeking re-election in
2019.

According to The Nation, he said
this when former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar visited him in Jalingo, the
state capital, on Thursday.

Ishaku said he has told those
seeking to remove him that only the wish of God would be done.

“I have been told on good
authority that seven of us (governors) have been enlisted to be stopped from
coming back in 2019,” he said.

“That all arsenals, whether
airplanes, guns and whatever means shall be used to wrestle power from us by
hook or crook.

“I told them they are not God. It
was God’s willing that I am in the saddle as governor today.

“Everyone desires that Nigeria
should be one. We must continue to keep the country united.”

Commenting on the killings in the
state, Ishaku said: “I am the governor and chief security officer of my state,
but in reality, I am helpless in terms of security. I am handicapped, I am a
toothless bulldog.”

He dismissed the anti-graft
crusade of the current administration, saying “corruption is not all about
money.”

“Corruption is not all about
funds. If someone steals N100 million and you jail him for 100 days and another
person kills 100 innocent people with AK47 and you allow him to go free, it is
the worst form of corruption.”